ComboBox select Item

[MichaelDiederich]

Hi all,

i have a combobox with n entities - and on init i want to select e.g. the
second entity. I tried to use selectedItem, getChildAt and and and.. and it
doesn't work.

Please give me a hint how to get this working!

Thanks,

Michael

[meticoolus]

I guess, your requirement is to select second element from combo box on page
load .if I am not wrong.
If my anticipation is right then,here i go,
you just have to call the init method in Application tag using initialize or
creationComplete.
like,
<mx:Application ...........initialize= "init();">
(note: if initialize doesnt work use creationComplete = "init() )

//define init method as
<mx:Script>
function init()
{
comboID.selectedIndex=2;
}
</mx:Script>

[Lu BaoGuo]

function preSetItemCombox(obj:Object,DefaultItem:String){
var aDP:Array = mx.utils.ArrayUtil.toArray(obj.dataProvider);
var sDataValueInit:String = DefaultItem;
var sDataValueCur:String;
for ( var i:Number=0; i<aDP.length; i++ ) {
sDataValueCur = aDP[i].data;
if ( sDataValueCur == sDataValueInit) {
obj.selectedIndex = i;
}
}
}